Date of Formation..1695. Area..486.17 square miles.
Court Terms..Jury, first Monday in April and October. Non-jury, third

Monday in January and June.
Orphans' Court Days..First, second, third and fourth Tuesdays in each

month.
Elected Officers

(All elected officers may be addressed at the County Seat.)
Name Office Term Expires
*H. Winship Wheatley, Jr................State's Attorney................................... 1943
Gwynn Bowie .................................Acting State's Attorney..............................
Brice Bowie...........................................Clerk of the Circuit Court ................1942
William T. Davis........... .......................Register of Wills............................................1942
William E. Clifton................................County Sheriff..........................................1942
Harry W. McNamee .........................County Treasurer.................................1943
Daniel Leonard Dyer.........................County Commissioner..........................1942
Harry M. Bowen ...............................County Commissioner............................1942
John R. Beall...........................................County Commissioner..............................1942
Theodore B. Siehler.,.........................County Commissioner...........................1942
William A. Carson .................................County Commissioner.......... ..............1942
Philip G. Miller..............................................Judge Orphans' Court (Chief) ...........1942
Millard Thorne..................................................Judge Orphans' Court.............................1942
Vincent A. Osterman..............................Judge Orphans' Court.............................1942
Thomas Edward Latimer ...............County Surveyor ..... .......................................1943

Officers Appointed by the Governor
TRIAL MAGISTRATES

(All Terms Expire May, 1943)
Name Address

Alan Bowie, for Upper Marlboro............................................Upper Marlboro
Walter L. Green, for Hyattsville............................................................. College Park
Henry H. O'Neill, (Substitute)......................................................Bladensburg

COMMITTING MAGISTRATES

(All Terms Expire May, 1943)
Name Address

Adam L. Bolbecker................ ................. ... ..........................................................................Lanham
Robert E. Joyce.... ........... ............................... ................. .......... ..... ..............................Mt. Rainier
William E. Hand.................................................................................... ....................................... Bladensburg
Judson Rea Creecy................................................................................................ ................................... .. ..............Suitland
George S. Phillips......................................................... ...................................................... .......................... ........................Berwyn

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
(All Terms Expire May, 1943)

Name District Address
Einar B. Mortensen.............................. 2nd....................................... .......... .......................Tuxedo
George H. Morris................................ 3rd.......................................... ..... .. Upper Marlboro
Gilbert Eugene Wilson.................................... 5th............................... .... .. ....................Accokeek
Thomas G. Griffith.......................... 6th............................. .... ...................... ................Forestville
W. R. C. Connick........................................... 8th................................ .............. ................................... Aquasco
Griffith Oursler............................ ...... ...... 9th.............................................................Surrattsville
Charles S. Davis............................... ....10th..............................................................................................Laurel
F. H. Billingsley........................................11th............................ ..... .... .. ...... ............Brandywine
George N. Cox......................................................12th............................. ...... .. .. .... .............. Oxon Hill

* On leave in active military service.